FYI
Published 11:15 pm Friday, September 5, 2008
Wine festival helps EvCC Foundation
Tickets are still available for the regional wine festival “Gusto!”
The event is 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 13 at Comcast Arena at Everett, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Suite 200, Everett.
The event features more than 100 Northwest wines, 20 fine restaurants, specialty foods and select microbrews.
Tickets are $50 per person. To purchase tickets, call the arena at 866-332-8499 or go to www.comcastarenaeverett.com.
Proceeds benefit the Everett Community College Foundation, a nonprofit organization. For more information, call 425-388-9535 or go to www.everettcc.edu/gusto.
Volunteers needed for county tourism
The Snohomish County Tourism Board is currently looking for volunteer travel counselors to promote Everett and the county. Volunteer hosts are needed for large events such as 2008 Skate America this October.
The Everett Visitor Information Center has three- to four-hour shifts available Monday through Saturday, with extra shifts as needed for special events. Knowledge of Everett and Snohomish County is helpful but not required. Call 425-322-2646.
Peter Pan coming to Arlington school
The Arlington High School drama department hopes to take to the skies with this fall’s production of the musical “Peter Pan.”
“We’re planning a production that will take theater in Arlington to the rafters, and do justice to the outstanding quality of the Linda Byrnes Performing Arts Center,” said Scott Moberly, the high school’s theater teacher.
For more information on how to support the drama department’s production, go to www.asd.wednet.edu/ahs/drama or call Moberly at 360-618-6300, ext. 3117.
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